Fifty-four percent of all registered voters in Lubbock cast their ballots early this year, easily breaking records, already exceeding the entire vote total for 2016.
Including election day, 93,891 people voted in 2016.
Early voting numbers in Lubbock was at 96,174 people for the 2020 election… an increase of 2,283. Friday was the last day for early voting in Texas. In Lubbock County, 7,451 people cast their ballots on the final day.
That was as of Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m., five hours before polls closed at the Lubbock County Elections Office downtown.
Voters had an extra seven days to vote early this year, as the State of Texas encouraged people to vote early and avoid large crowds.
Normally in a big election, 68 percent of Lubbock County voters will vote.